reading ms-word attachments.

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Rowdy

Am i doing something wromg. My freind sends me ms-word attachments from
far away id really like to see. I have wordpad ,ms-works and word perfect.
I cant get any of these to read the attachment. Thanks.
 
Wordpad on XP should be able to read the file. Save the attached
document as a file with a DOC extension. Open that file in WordPad.
Wordpad defaults to RTF as input file time, but give the exact file name
and it should open.

Microsoft Works word processor should also work. Again, give the exact
file name.

You also can use the free Word viewer for which "gls858" gave you the
URL for.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
Actually all the programs you have should be able to open a
WORD .doc file if you use the "file /open" command in the
program to browse to and open the file. You can also use
the right click "open with" command to create the file
association.

Also if Outlook Express is blocking access to attachments,
you can enable that in OE Tools/Option on the security tab.


"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net>
wrote in message
| Wordpad on XP should be able to read the file. Save the
attached
| document as a file with a DOC extension. Open that file
in WordPad.
| Wordpad defaults to RTF as input file time, but give the
exact file name
| and it should open.
|
| Microsoft Works word processor should also work. Again,
give the exact
| file name.
|
| You also can use the free Word viewer for which "gls858"
gave you the
| URL for.
|
| Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
|
| rms
|
|
|
|
| Rowdy wrote:
| > Am i doing something wromg. My freind sends me
ms-word attachments from
| > far away id really like to see. I have wordpad
,ms-works and word perfect.
| > I cant get any of these to read the attachment. Thanks.
| >
| >
 
You can unblock OE's blocking of attachments in the Tools/Security Menu.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
Jim Macklin said:
Actually all the programs you have should be able to open a
WORD .doc file if you use the "file /open" command in the
program to browse to and open the file. You can also use
the right click "open with" command to create the file
association.
Click to expand...

Well, that would only be true if the versions match up properly. Trying to
read files created by the most recent version of Word with an older version
of any of the mentioned apps that came out before that latest version came
out, are likely to fail, depending on what format the files were saved in.
The best way to distribute Word files is to save them in the .RTF
format - intended for such things as distribution to unknown machines and
os's. If ONLY reading is of interest, the suggestion to get a viewer in an
earlier post would be the best option. MS makes several of them for all the
latest versions of Office.

Pop
 
Word format relatively unchanged, despite rumours to contrary, since
Word 97. All "relatively" contemporay versions of Wordpad, Words, and
Word can read all contemporary versions (past Word 97) of Word doc fil.

RTF also a good way to distribute, but hardly anyone does it. I prefer
to put into PDF format to fix the document content/quality and not
release "source code" Word doc's, but ... all that off topic for this
original question.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
Rob Schneider said:
Word format relatively unchanged, despite rumours to contrary, since
Word 97. All "relatively" contemporay versions of Wordpad, Words, and
Word can read all contemporary versions (past Word 97) of Word doc fil.
Click to expand...
Umm, sorry, but not that simple, especially considering the possible use of
new features, what the author may have set as defaults, etc. Been using
Word since 1.0 when I parallelled it to WordStar for Windows until I knew I
liked it, and been thru all the versions, along with WP, WA, and several
others. You will find that, for instance, an Office97 Wordpad can have
substantial problems with an Office 2000 version of Word file, especially if
tables were used at all, which is very often in finely formatted documents.
Or Excel. Or even 2k's Wordpad. Go back a little further, and Wordpad
doesn't even exist; only Notepad - and no way that will handle a Word
document file.

Please be considerate of newbies/inexerienced and don't stop them from
checking to see if versions are their problems. Way too often, that IS the
problem.
Even the MS File viewers will have version issues, which is the reason
for getting a current viewer.
MS has always been good about backward compatability for their apps but
forward compatability is not to be expected in MS or any other app until
mind-reading and 'Clare Voyance' becomes more common place.

Also, discussing conversion to PDF is completely irrelevant and has nothing
to do with the originator's request. RTF is in general more successful in
such a situation as the present one, but where versions are a problem, RTF
will at least not turn to garbage. PDF has nothing to do with anything
here.

Pop
 
I agree that RTF is a great format. But there are version
converter that allow versions of WORD to read just about all
previous versions and many from other vendors. Also, there
are converters to allow WORD to read WORKS files.

So there is usually some means that allows most file to be
opened if you give the program a chance to decode it. That
means using the program to open the file, not using the file
to open the program, which may not have an association or
the converter.

The user should update their applications as well as OS.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But legislators see it as an obstacle to be overcome.


|
in message
| | > Actually all the programs you have should be able to
open a
| > WORD .doc file if you use the "file /open" command in
the
| > program to browse to and open the file. You can also
use
| > the right click "open with" command to create the file
| > association.
|
| Well, that would only be true if the versions match up
properly. Trying to
| read files created by the most recent version of Word with
an older version
| of any of the mentioned apps that came out before that
latest version came
| out, are likely to fail, depending on what format the
files were saved in.
| The best way to distribute Word files is to save them
in the .RTF
| format - intended for such things as distribution to
unknown machines and
| os's. If ONLY reading is of interest, the suggestion to
get a viewer in an
| earlier post would be the best option. MS makes several
of them for all the
| latest versions of Office.
|
| Pop
|
|
 
PDF is goods and there are free way to convert WORD files to
PDF (I use WIN2PDF) and my HP scanner will save to a PDF.
But they still need to have Adobe Reader and download it.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But legislators see it as an obstacle to be overcome.


"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net>
wrote in message
| Word format relatively unchanged, despite rumours to
contrary, since
| Word 97. All "relatively" contemporay versions of
Wordpad, Words, and
| Word can read all contemporary versions (past Word 97) of
Word doc fil.
|
| RTF also a good way to distribute, but hardly anyone does
it. I prefer
| to put into PDF format to fix the document content/quality
and not
| release "source code" Word doc's, but ... all that off
topic for this
| original question.
|
| Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
|
| rms
|
|
|
|
| Pop Rivet wrote:
| > "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
wrote in message
| > | >
| >>Actually all the programs you have should be able to
open a
| >>WORD .doc file if you use the "file /open" command in
the
| >>program to browse to and open the file. You can also
use
| >>the right click "open with" command to create the file
| >>association.
| >
| >
| > Well, that would only be true if the versions match up
properly. Trying to
| > read files created by the most recent version of Word
with an older version
| > of any of the mentioned apps that came out before that
latest version came
| > out, are likely to fail, depending on what format the
files were saved in.
| > The best way to distribute Word files is to save them
in the .RTF
| > format - intended for such things as distribution to
unknown machines and
| > os's. If ONLY reading is of interest, the suggestion to
get a viewer in an
| > earlier post would be the best option. MS makes several
of them for all the
| > latest versions of Office.
| >
| > Pop
| >
| >
 
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